Monday, December 27, 2004

Pentagon Is Pressing to Bypass Environmental Laws for War Games and Arms Testing

The WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 - The Defense Department, which controls 28 million acres of land across the nation that it uses for combat exercises and weapons testing, has been moving on a variety of fronts to reduce requirements that it safeguard the environment on that land.

// posted by Unknown @ 11:55 p.m.
Comments:
Ironic -- military bases were put in the swamplands that nobody else wanted, which means that they're now in charge of some of the most cherished and delicate wetland ecosystems.

Boy, I haven't heard the generals whine so much since "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".
# posted by Blogger john_m_burt : 12:01 a.m.
 
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